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If you only want a snippet of a movie, you may find it hard to record it. Now VLC 1.0 has a record button that allows you record what’s playing.

You can download VLC at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Microsoft is promoting the development and release of the new Microsoft Office 2010 suit in a different way then before. They have been making move trailers.

A few months back their was a teaser trailer promoting Office 2010: The Movie. Now the trailer of the movie is now out, and you can view it below.

The new Green PC out by Medion, the Medion Akoya Nettop-PC E2010D with the 18.5 inch LCD TFT Monitor E53002D included, is going to hit the shelves in Australia on Thursday 25th of June 2009.

The green beast, although I wouldn’t say very powerful since it only has an Intel® Atom™ 230 processor 1.6 GHz, 512 KB Cache, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM, and 160 GB hard disk is for sale for $699AUD with a possible 50% Education Tax Refund, making the product around $350. For more information about the tax refund, you can click here.

The Nettop PC uses 50% less power consumption then a normal desktop PC as it only uses a maximum of 65 watts. Although I’d love to get my hands on this PC, I don’t see it fitting my needs.  The only people I see buying this product is people who don’t like laptops and regularly move to different places requiring a desktop PC.

If you love your stylish desktop PC’s and want to have a lot of space on your desk, this is a PC for you, but if you want performance and portability, you can find yourself a nice laptop. Although it will cost a bit more money, it will better suit your needs.

I don’t think that this computer will be successful in the market, but if you like a green, stylish, desktop PC, this is the one for you.

To see more specs, and photo’s, have a look after the break.

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Mozilla has release Firefox 3.0.11 today, so remember to update your favourite web browser. If your an IE users, make the switch now! To see the full bug list, visit Mozilla.

In my view, Google Chrome comes in close second with Firefox. But have you ever seen Chrome Crash?

Well this is what Chrome looks like when Adobe decides to crash the party.

If you have modified your computer theme in XP before and you want to change it back, here is a short tutorial on how to change your theme back.

Firstly, on the desktop, right click on the desktop and click on properties.

Then click on the theme tab if it’s not already selected. In the drop down box, select

Click Apply, then OK.

Your computer will then configure the new changes and then you have successfully changed your computer theme.

Tip: To know the difference between Apply and Ok, click The Difference between “Apply” and “Ok”.

Do you own and run your own website or blog in Australia? Then you might want to have a look at a few fact sheets by the Australian Copyright Council.

Did you know that any original content that you write on your website is automatically protected by copyright?

There is no system of registration for copyright protection in Australia.

You do not need to publish your work, to put a copyright notice on it, or to do anything else to be covered by copyright — the protection is free and automatic. There are no forms to fill in, and there are no fees to be paid. You do not have to send your work to us or to anyone else.

A work is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, provided it has resulted from its creator’s skill and effort and is not simply copied from another work. For example, as soon as a poem is written, or a song is recorded, it is protected.

Australian copyright works are protected in most other countries, and copyright works from most other countries are protected in Australia.

 

Source: Copyright Basics. More information about how you can get copyright can be found here.

Did you know copyrighted material lasts for 70 years after the contributors death?

For most material, copyright lasts for 70 years after the end of the year of the creator’s death, or 70 years from the end of the year the material was first made public.

The source and more information on how long copyright lasts can be found here.

Did you know that if you run a website such as a forum with user generate content (UGC) you do not necessarily own that content.

Under the Information Sheet G057v08, contributors own the content that they post on your website, unless contributors agree to give their permission before or after they have posted content on your website.

If you do wish to acquire copyright in material users post to your site, you will need to have contributors assign
copyright to you by “signing” a written agreement to that effect. In this context, typing their name may
constitute a “signature”, but you may need legal advice on this.

If you do not own the rights to the user generate content, you will not be entitled to use their material offline and grant website visitors permission to only view and listen to the content.

If you want to own the UGC, you may be able to contact them after they have made this content (if possible) and make sure you have terms and conditions stating who will own the content.

Did you know that if someone uploaded copyright material to your website such as someone else’s photo or music, you may be liable if legal action is taken.

In some cases, UGC may infringe copyright. For example, a contributor may post someone else’s photo, or upload
a video that uses someone else’s music in its soundtrack. This may often be as a result of ignorance on the part
of the contributor but, whether or not you are aware of the infringing material, you are likely to liable if there is
an action for copyright infringement.

To protect yourself from this, make sure you set out a binding agreement with contributors that will indemnify you from any infringing behaviour. Make sure you get a lawyer to draft your terms. Make sure you remind contributors not to post copyrighted content without the owners consent and that you will remove any posts that violate this rule. Also moderate the content so you can remove potential copyright material before it becomes a problem. If a problem does arise, remove the content immediately.

The source and more information about user generated content can be found on The Australian Copyright Council Website.

Do you know when you can use copyrighted material?

• The copyright has expired
• The content is not protected by copyright
• You are not use a ‘substantial part’ of the full content
• In special exceptions

Source: Information Sheet G057v08.

Did you know that direct linking to third-party website content may be illegal?

If you direct link to someone else’s content, it may be illegal because you are bypassing that websites homepage.

More information can be found from Information Sheet G057v08.

For more information on copyright in Australia, please visit the Australian Copyright Council by visiting: http://www.copyright.org.au. For more Information Sheets, visit http://www.copyright.org.au/publications/infosheets.htm

*Disclaimer: This post is intended for general information only and a summary of notes from the Australian Copyright Council website. For legal advice, please see qualified person. Information from this post (including quotes) has been gathered from http://www.copyright.org.au. If any incorrect information has been interpreted, please post in the comments.

If you have a lot of software installed, it is hard to keep them all up-to-date; downloading, re-downloading – it takes time.

But RadarSync does that all for you.

Just do a scan of your computer to find all the software that needs updating. Their list of supported software is huge catering for over 2500 programs.

RadarSync also allows you to save your favourite online in a software pack, and you might find software that you have never heard of before and didn’t know how you existed without it.

To help save the environment, when you need to print Powerpoint slides out on paper, it is best to print 6 slides per page.

To do this, simple print like you normally would. Instead of clicking OK straight away, check the settings. Make sure under “Print What”, you change it to handouts and select 6 Slides per page. You can change it to something else if you wish, but usually, 6 slides is best.

Today I was asked to download Windows 7 RC to try out and have a play with, so I headed to Google and Searched for “Windows 7 RC Download” and clicked on the Microsoft Link. I had a bit of a read, selected the bit version I wanted and hit go. I signed in using my Windows Live ID and filled out the forms and I was shown my product key before clicking on the download link.

The download occurred in a Java applet. Once it was done, this is how you get multiple product keys (well it worked for me).

Just hit the download button again, a popup box for the download will show, close it, the original page you where will change to a different page then go back to the other page but this time with a new product key.

If you keep doing it, you will probably get multiple keys.

Has this worked for you? Post in our comments.